15/09/2019: today’s mood: grey sky that makes you wonder if it’s going to rain. you hope it will. head buried in commercial law statutes. confusion over what is meant by each word.

05.14.2020 | ミ★ 18/100 days of productivity ★彡

one of my march spreads.

i’m trying not to be on screens as much, so i am reading and learning offline as much as i can. ironic that because everything is shut down, i am learning and reading books online sometimes ... smh

something else that i am trying to do is write letters! it seems like a fun pastime and you can connect with friends in a way that social media can’t let you do. i recently watched john oliver’s latest episode on the post office and now i am tempted to buy some stamps...lol!

save the post office y’all!

the trouble is,

you think you have time.

-buddha

12.9.2020 // making some progress with these essays

listening to; i will wait by mumford and sons

29.9.18 Compsci notes!! (My favorite subject!)

Currently listening to: Euphoria- BTS

12/31/17|| “If we’re going to heal, make it glorious”

030218: study essentials: 🎒💻☕️ p.s. peep that @emmastudies wallpaper 😍 // hope midterms went well for everyone!

11|100 days of productivity! E X A M S : no matter how many i’ve taken, no matter how well i know the material, i am always anxious.

tried to mix it up a bit and do a brown spread!! will try to do another one soon and experiment with more color combos.. suggest some color combinations you want me to try!

Days: September 18-24, 2017.

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studygram

I enjoy reading posts were people share their ups and downs with the past year and what goals they have set for themselves for next year. I asked you approximately a week ago if you were interested in me doing a similar post and i seemed to only get positive feedback so here I am! IN 2017: ◾ I turned 18  ◾  I got myself my first real job ◾ I have gotten to know a lot of amazing people ◾ I’ve worked a lot on my shyness and I have seen some results ◾  My studyblr celebrated its one year anniversary ◾ I got an L(best grade) in one of my matriculation exams(civics) and E(second best grade) in English and M(third best) in Finnish which is disappointing but I’m retaking Finnish in spring 2018 ◾ I started writing poetry and kept a journal for 6 months ◾ I have gotten compliments on my resume and cover letters even though I haven’t got the jobs! ◾ I have lost weight without intention and haven’t been able to gain it back ◾  I’ve learned to love every season of the year ◾ I’ve been both hella healthy and hella unhealthy ◾ Consumed too much coffee and tea ◾ Laughed too much ◾ I’ve picked up reading again ◾  I finally finished the sketchbook i started in summer 2016 ◾  I’ve gotten interested in skincare and it’s now one of my passions ◾  My dad got us Netflix: obsessed. ◾ I’ve been helping others more than ever before ◾  I entered a math competition and ended up in 19th place out of ~70! ◾  I went to parties but never got drunk!! ◾  I’ve gotten more interested in veganism and minimalism ◾  I met a friend I stumbled up on tumblr! ◾...and a lot more WHAT DID I LEARN: ◾ Thrift shops are filled with treasures ◾ I care too much about what people think about me ◾ I’m a morning person ◾ I LOVE HUGS ◾ I often hide my true self ◾ I’m smarter and more productive than I think ◾ I need to be less harsh with myself ◾ I can actually bake :’‘) Inherited talent from my dad? ◾ I’m afraid of rejection by my friends ◾  I have to stop bottling up my feelings ◾  When I’m exhausted I cry easily :’‘‘‘) HOW DID I/MY LIFE EVOLVE? ◾ I’m weaker ◾ I drink a ton of water ◾ My skin is still shit :’‘) ◾ I’m more confident in my skin ◾ I threw out a lot of stuff and feel a lot calmer now ◾ I can buy alcohol lol ◾  I’m more lost than ever when it comes to my future plans IN 2018 I’LL   ◾ take initiative in my relationships ◾ eat more healthily again ◾  start taking care of my body ◾ make sure my skin will get better ◾ get a health check-up and express my concern with my weight and exhaustion ◾ get my driver’s license! ◾  graduate from high school ◾  improve my art and writing! ◾  read more books ◾ find a job, either a steady or a summer ◾ drink even more tea, water and coffee ◾ start spreading positivity ◾  stop saying sorry and thanking more! THEMES FOR 2018: ◾ Physical health ◾  Self care ◾ Relationships ◾  Positivity 2017 was great and 2018 will also be good! Thank you for everything and I hope 2018 will treat  every single one of us right!

3/30 days uni-prep studies 8.9.17 | 11:48 PM I’m posting later and later oops but thd studies continue and I’m picking up the pace! Might start chem revision in a day or two, trying for 4th time to do the important thing! I’ll be spending the rest of my night playing farm games, and watching olan rogers and communitychannel ♡

[1 • 20 • 2018] 🍇

27 / 100 Days of Productivity

Woah, what a terrible week!! 😝 Failed almost every test I took, forgot to make a spread at the beginning of the week, lost my gloves, etc.etc.etc…but it’s finally over!

Bought a cute lil squishy tiger that can stick to my phone and I just finished performing Beethoven Op. 18 with my Quartet…this week will definitely be better!!😊

02/11/2019: shaky hands from drinking too many cups of coffee. unorganised notes all over your desk. piles and piles of academic books, yet none of them prove the point that you know to be true. the fast tapping of keys as you finally find a way of putting your thoughts into words. 

05.12.2020 | ミ★ 16/100 days of productivity ★彡

my may moodboard. i love my blue and orange theme!

these days i’ve been painting and reading a lot, which i enjoy! i have these white binders that i never used but painting lovely scenes on them makes me want to keep pretty notes in them! <3

normality is a paved road:

it’s comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow.

-vincent van gogh

Aug 11, 2017 - Newspapers and doodles. 

 "Everything you can imagine is real." - Picasso

Taken from my instagram. 

Another day, another mind map. (If you can’t tell- I’m kind of obsessed with them)

Hope you guys all have a wonderful Christmas! :) 

I’ve not really seen anyone discuss how to get through the CBSE system, and as someone who studies in India, it’s kind of hard when none of the resources available really apply to the way you have to study. So today, I’ve decided to talk about the way CBSE works so that you can maximize your grades! :) maybe I’ll make this a series idk.

CBSE (The Central Board of Secondary Education) is one of the two most popular boards in India. It is certified by the National Council of Educational Research Training. Up until last year, the pattern being followed was called the CCE pattern. However, the pattern has been switched this year, making everything very confusing, so I’m going to explain.

(CBSE as a board has a lot of issues which I’m not going to get into but um yeah)

Firstly, let’s talk about board examinations. Board exams are public exams that occur simultaneously across the country. They are NOT exclusive to CBSE, but are an integral part of it. Board exams in CBSE are held in class 10 and class 12 and the marks acquired in those exams directly impact a student’s future. Here’s the link to the Wikipedia article. 

As I have not given my boards yet, I don’t really have experience with this. However, I might do a post with tips for the boards later, with advice my seniors have given me.

Now, I’m going to talk about how marks will be given when boards are not in the equation and how they will add up to get the final percentage. So, marks are distributed in the following ways:

Subject Enrichment - 5 marks                                                                              Notebook - 5 marks                                                                                                Periodic Evaluation - 10 marks                                                                            Finals - 80 marks

Subject Enrichment:                                                                                    Subject enrichment refers to the activities conducted in classes. This means ASL (Assessment of speaking and listening skills) for English and Hindi, the lab work for the sciences, proving properties in geometry for Maths and a presentation for Social Science. It’s pretty easy to score in these and you can honestly get full marks with some effort.

Notebooks:                                                                                                  Yes, you are given marks for the notebooks. (The notebooks are basically questions and answers given by the teachers) It’s slightly harder to get full marks in this but as long as your notebook is complete, you’ll probably be able to get at least a 3.5 out of 5. To get full marks, your notes have to be pretty, decorated and all of that shebang. 

Periodic Evaluation:                                                                                    Throughout the year, you are evaluated four times. One of those four times is the final exams, which I’m going to talk about later. The remaining three evaluations are Unit Test - 1, Midterms and Unit Test - 2. The Unit Tests are 40 marks each and the Midterms are 80 marks. The two tests in which you perform the best are the ones that count. Their average is taken and then it’s converted into marks out of ten. The good thing is that if you don’t do particularly well on any one test, that grade can always be dropped if you work super hard. 

Finals:                                                                                                           Finals are 80 mark papers which have questions from the WHOLE syllabus which are held at the end of the year. It is IMPERATIVE to get good marks in the finals if you want a great grade. It might be stressful, but the periodic evaluations should have covered at least 3/4 of the syllabus.

So, this was just a breakdown of how the new system works. I might talk abut how to optimize your performance soon, but i feel like this is important information, as many people STILL don’t know how this works.

I’m going to tag some studyblrs because I really want this to reach people because it’s very hard to find resources for CBSE. 

@athenastudying, @studyblr, @hufflepuffwannabe, @lawandcoffee, @procrastilate, @optomstudies